Time to convert 10% of the hydrogen into helium and energy:

The Sun has a mass of 2 x 1030kilograms.
90% of it is hydrogen.
Thus amount of hydrogen is 1.8 x 1030 kilograms.
10% of Hydrogen is 1.8 x 1029 kilograms
At a rate of 6 x 1011 kilograms per second, the time would be
3 x 1017 seconds
which equals 9.5 billion years
 
 
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